Traveling to Offer Condolences
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on traveling to offer condolences?
The Shaykh:
Nothing has been reported regarding this in Islam; it is not established in Islam that one travels for this. However, if the person is a relative of the deceased and is requested to be present with the deceased's family to help them and console them—meaning, because he is a relative of the deceased and a close friend of the deceased—then there is no harm. But if a person who is not among the deceased's family travels solely for the sake of offering condolences, this is not established and is not permissible.
The questioner:
We say, Honorable Shaykh, only.
The Shaykh:
May Allah ease their hearts. You console them, you convey your condolences, as if you were present with them. You call them and console them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on traveling to offer condolences?
The Shaykh:
Nothing has been reported regarding this in Islam; it is not established in Islam that one travels for this. However, if the person is a relative of the deceased and is requested to be present with the deceased's family to help them and console them—meaning, because he is a relative of the deceased and a close friend of the deceased—then there is no harm. But if a person who is not among the deceased's family travels solely for the sake of offering condolences, this is not established and is not permissible.
The questioner:
We say, Honorable Shaykh, only.
The Shaykh:
May Allah ease their hearts. You console them, you convey your condolences, as if you were present with them. You call them and console them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/36 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:22:26)
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